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Books like Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake

Loved Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake by Barbara Park? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from food & drink, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    Kitchen Confidential

    Anthony Bourdain · 2000 · Food & Drink

    The wild, profane underbelly of professional kitchens; a memoir that made a chef a household name.

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    The Omnivore's Dilemma

    Michael Pollan · 2006 · Food & Drink

    Where our food really comes from, traced through four meals; the book that changed how many people eat.

  3. 3

    Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

    Samin Nosrat · 2017 · Food & Drink

    Cook better by mastering four elements rather than memorising recipes; a modern teaching classic.

  4. 4

    Ghosts of Fear Street - The Boy Who Ate Fear Street

    Robert Lawrence Stine · 1996 · Food & Drink

    He just keeps eating, and eating, and eating... Sam Kinny used to be a picky eater. He hated to try new foods. But not anymore. Now he eats everything he sees. Paste to pepper. Dishwashing soap, and d

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    Afrodita

    Isabel Allende · 1997 · Food & Drink

    Isabel Allende trae sus poderes mágicos como cuentista a un nivel muy personal y con un encanto peculiar a las entrelazadas y sensuales artes de la comida y el amor. Mezclando recuerdos personales con

  6. 6

    Jiu guo

    Mo Yan · 1992 · Food & Drink

    When special investigator Ding Gou'er hears persistent rumors that there is cannibalism in the province called the Republic of Wine, he goes to learn the truth. Beginning at the Mount Luo Coal Mine, h

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    Lunch

    Denise Fleming · 1992 · Food & Drink

    A very hungry mouse eats a large lunch comprised of colorful foods.

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    The year of eating dangerously

    Tom Parker-Bowles · 1998 · Food & Drink

    Documents the author's year-long odyssey in search of the world's most unusual and risky foods, a journey during which he consumed the infamous poison blowfish, a variety of insects, and other taboo c

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    Come to the Table

    Doris Christopher · 1999 · Food & Drink

    Pour some tea, grab a sugar cookie, and join a journey through the dining room and into the heart.In this heartfelt and helpful book, Doris Christopher shows families how to honor and celebrate one of

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    Food, Morals and Meaning

    John Coveney · 1999 · Food & Drink

    "Food, Morals and Meaning traces our complex relationship with food and eating and our preoccupation with diet, self-discipline and food guilt. Using our current fascination with health and nutrition,

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